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Some countries have seen a stark decline in academic freedom over the past decade

Studying why people interpret the same thing in different ways

There are bright futures ahead for our first-ever Young American Scientist honorees

Learning how the matrix around cells and tissues impacts cancers

Building models to understand how self-organizing structures in cells lead to disease

Describing the characteristics of short-lived astrophysical events

Creating AI platforms to discover new therapeutics

Formulating software for the study of plant genomes

Making artificial-intelligence tools to predict what climate change will mean for extreme weather

Developing software to reveal large genetic changes that lead to cancer

Characterizing the “Little Red Dots” to decipher the beginnings of galaxies

What does it take for an insect or worm to live full-time on a glacier?

Mikhail Verbitsky was detained at an Armenian airport last Thursday on charges of inciting terrorism

If the supernova remnant is confirmed, it would be one of the closest to the supermassive black hole that lies in the center of the Milky Way

Fossilized poo harbors remains from mammoths, bison and big cats, including some of the oldest DNA ever reconstructed

As Ebola rages, Moderna and others are racing to develop an mRNA vaccine for the rare Bundibugyo virus driving the current outbreak

The first participant has been treated in a landmark clinical trial of cellular reprogramming, which aims to rejuvenate aging cells

Tungsten is a coveted metal for military uses. Restoring domestic supply could help with ongoing munitions shortages

Mathematicians have considered how to watch every corner of a space—but soccer adds moving players, blocked views and constant action

NASA’s X-59 research aircraft reached its target speed and altitude for the first time on Friday